Luke 22:27

25 So Jesus declared, “The kings of the Gentiles lord it over them, and those in authority over them call themselves benefactors.

26 But you shall not be like them. Instead, the greatest among you should be like the youngest, and the one who leads like the one who serves.

For who is greater, the one who reclines at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines? But I am among you as one who serves.

28 You are the ones who have stood by Me in My trials.

29 And I bestow on you a kingdom, just as My Father has bestowed one on Me,

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB
For who is greater, the one who reclines at the table or the one who serves? Is it not the one who reclines? But I am among you as one who serves.
KJV
For whether is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am among you as he that serveth.
WEB
For who is greater, one who sits at the table, or one who serves? Isn’t it he who sits at the table? But I am among you as one who serves.
ASV
For which is greater, he that sitteth at meat, or he that serveth? is not he that sitteth at meat? but I am in the midst of you as he that serveth.
DARBY
For which [is] greater, he that is at table or he that serves? [Is] not he that is at table? But *I* am in the midst of you as the one that serves.
BLB
For who [is] greater, the one reclining or the one serving? [Is it] not the one reclining? But I am in your⁺ midst as the One serving.
ÅB
For hvem er størst, den som sitter til bords, eller den som tjener? Er det ikke den som sitter til bords? Men jeg er som en tjener iblant dere.
OTB
For hvem er større, den som ligger til bords eller den som tjener? Er det ikke den som ligger til bords? Men jeg er blant dere som en som tjener.
B1930
For hvem er størst, den som sitter til bords, eller den som tjener? Er det ikke den som sitter til bords? Men jeg er som en tjener iblandt eder.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Matthew 20:28

    just as the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve, and to give His life as a ransom for many.”

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  • Luke 12:37

    Blessed are those servants whom the master finds on watch when he returns. Truly I tell you, he will dress himself to serve and will have them recline at the table, and he himself will come and wait on them.

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  • John 13:5–16

    After that, He poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and dry them with the towel that was around Him.

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  • 2 Corinthians 8:9

    For you know the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, that though He was rich, yet for your sakes He became poor, so that you through His poverty might become rich.

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  • Luke 17:7–9

    Which of you whose servant comes in from plowing or shepherding in the field will say to him, ‘Come at once and sit down to eat’?

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  • Philippians 2:7–8

    but emptied Himself, taking the form of a servant, being made in human likeness.

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